starrzone
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- Joined
- Mar 27, 2006
Background: I work at a medium-sized company and have been here for just over 8 years. The person in the department who hired me now oversees ours and a couple of other departments.
I was going to try to be nice...but to be honest, his skills while talking to his employees are *extremely* poor. I don't want to say his people skills in *general* are poor; when he's speaking to an "equal" or to a customer (we can hear him at our desks) he laughs and is very pleasant. He is smart, thorough, and very sociable. However (and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way), when you ask him a question, he seems to always make you feel like you are the smallest, most inept person on the planet. Now, I live with anxiety and depression, and being criticized tend to affect me quite a lot; but at what point do I chalk it up to "that's just how he is" and "stop being too sensitive", and not want to run right to HR? (not that I would...I would write a very thought-out and concise email). My own father would probably say something along the lines of "suck it up and move on", and maybe this is what I should do...anyone have any opinions/ similar experience to share?
I was going to try to be nice...but to be honest, his skills while talking to his employees are *extremely* poor. I don't want to say his people skills in *general* are poor; when he's speaking to an "equal" or to a customer (we can hear him at our desks) he laughs and is very pleasant. He is smart, thorough, and very sociable. However (and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way), when you ask him a question, he seems to always make you feel like you are the smallest, most inept person on the planet. Now, I live with anxiety and depression, and being criticized tend to affect me quite a lot; but at what point do I chalk it up to "that's just how he is" and "stop being too sensitive", and not want to run right to HR? (not that I would...I would write a very thought-out and concise email). My own father would probably say something along the lines of "suck it up and move on", and maybe this is what I should do...anyone have any opinions/ similar experience to share?